Detachable weather strip



Nov. 26, 1929. M. B. MORRILL 1,736,885

\ DETACHABLE WEATHER STRIP Filed Sept. 24. 1928 ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 26, 1929 UNETEE STATES '0 rice PATE DETAGHABLE WEATHERSTRIP Application filed September 24, 1928. Serial No. 367,865.

This invention has relation to weather strips and refers particularly toa detachable device of this type.

Weather strips are so commonly used that no detailed explanation oftheir use should be necessary. A great disadvantage common to moststructures of this type will, however, here be pointed out in order toemphasize the importance of my invention. Weather strips are usuallymade of fabric or rubber with or without a wooden backing, and they areordinarily tacked or nailed on the window or doorframes they serve. Theynot only exclude air, but also serve to stop the flow of an immenseamount of dust and cinders. Butat the same time they also become filledwith such dirt and the corners and crevices surrounding them becomeunsightly dirt gatherers difficult if not impossible to cleanse. As theybecome saturated with dirt and gritty substances they also fail tofunction properly.

l/Vith these conditions in view the object of the present invention isthe provision of a weather strip which may be easily removed forcleaning or replacement purposes, leaving the framework to which it isattachable open and free to be cleaned. The further objects andadvantageous features of the in vention are hereinafter fully describedand illustrated in the appended drawing, of

which:

Fig. 1 illustrates the structure of my invention partly attached to thebottom of a 'door,

Fig. 2 is a corresponding end elevation, on a larger scale, more clearlyillustrating the method of attachment, and

Fig. 3 shows a modified form of attachment.

The cheaper the building construction, the greater the need of a weatherstrip. And the greatest need is, perhaps, at the bottom of cheaply madeand poorly fitted 'doors. A wide space is frequently found between thedoor and floor, through which cold air, dirt and dust is free to enter.Such a door is designated by the numeral 1, and it is shown hung on aframe 2, above a floor 3. Adjacent to the bottom of the door is fasteneda series of suitable studs 4, and these studs may be of the typecommonly used to fasten sidecurtains on automobile tops and bodies. Astrip of suitable material, 5, is made with eyelets 6, through whichthese studs are caused to project when the strip is mounted in position,whereupon the heads of, the studs are given a quarter turn, therebylocking the strip firmly in place.

As indicated in Fig. 2, the strip comprises a flat portion, from whichdepends an en larged head 7, and the strip terminates at the bottom in arelatively thin, flexible fin 8. The upper portion of the strip shouldbe heavy enough firmly to support bead, on the other hand, shouldbe madeheavy enough not only to withstand the wear of ordinary operation, butalso to resist the kicking and stubbing such a device is subjected to.The bottom fin should be flexible enough to pass over an uneven floor.Rubber forms good material for a structure of this type, and if rubberis used in combination with the eyelets shown in the drawing, it is possible to mold the eyelets into the rubber, making it a strong and neatappearing device.

Where the projecting studs are found objectionable, it is possible tofasten the studs in the weather strip, substantially as indicated inFig. 3, where a series of studs 10 are mounted in a strip 11, andsockets 12 are seated inthe door. Thestud and socket may conveniently befashioned like the garment snap-fasteners so commonly used at thepresent time.

I wish it understood that the shape of the weather strip may be modifiedto suit working conditions. It may be possible, for example, the deviceis attachable to window sash frames. But in any case it is important tonote that the device may readily be removed for cleaning or replacementand as readily reattached, and that the support is left entiely open andfree when the device is taken 0 I claim:

1. In a Wall closure, the combination with the floor and the door hungabove said floor,

the eyelets; the i to omit the enlarged bead where of a demountableWeather strip having a flat inner surface abutting the face of said doorand reaching down to said floor, there being along the face of the door,near its bottom edge and in the upper portion of the strip male andfemale interengageable elements capable of supporting the strip on thedoor, the strip being made thin and flexiblexalong its lower edge andhaving a reinforcing bead above said flexible portion.

2. In a Wall closure, the combination-With the floor and the door hungabove the floor, of a Weather strip mountable onthe face of the door andextending downward in. a straight line to the floor, said strip beingprovided along its upper edge With elements for engagement Wi thmounting elements on \the face o'f the door, the lJOtiZOHl'POlbiODoiithe strip being flexible so as to adjust itself to the floor, therebeinga heavy b'ead projecting outward from the strip between said flexeible portion and the said mounting elements for the purposeofproteotingthe strip against the abuses such structure.is-subjected'to.

3. In a Wall closure comprising a horizontal surface and a verticalmember, such as a door; mounted'to swing abovesaid surface, out aWeather strip vertically extending from the doorto said surface, saidstrip having flat inner surfacefor engagement Withthe face of'said door,therebeinghfixedin the doorand-in th-e strip arrow of male and femalesnap fasteners for'interengagement, ,thebottom portion of the stripbeing; fl'enibleso as to adjust itself to variations in the floor level;there being bet-Ween said flexible portionnand the said fasteners: anoutwardly pi -ejecting, reinforcing bead;

In testiinony whereof I have: hereunto af fixed my signature.

MAURINE- Ba MORRILIL-

